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Session laws and resolutions passed by the General Assembly [1993-1994]

Session Laws - 1993 CHAPTER 746
nontax monies, and which may be necessary for the construction, operation,
and maintenance of any airport located in the County.
Sec. 6. Any lands acquired, owned, controlled, or occupied by the
Airport Authority shall be, and are declared to be acquired, owned,
controlled, and occupied for a public purpose.
Sec. 7. Private property needed by the Airport Authority for any
airport, landing field, or as facilities of an airport or landing field may be
acquired by gift or devise, or may be acquired by private purchase or by the
exercise of eminent domain pursuant to Chapter 40A of the General Statutes.
Sec. 8. The Airport Authority shall make an annual report to the
Avery County Board of Commissioners setting forth in detail the operations
and transactions conducted by it pursuant to this act. The Airport Authority
shall not have the power to pledge the credit of Avery County, or any
subdivision thereof, or to impose any obligation on Avery County, or any of
its subdivisions, except when that power is expressly granted by statute.
Sec. 9. Subject to the limitations as set out in this act, all rights and
powers given and granted to counties or municipalities by general law,
which may now be in effect or enacted in the future relating to the
development, regulation, and control of municipal airports, and the
regulation of aircraft, are vested in the Airport Authority. The Avery
County Board of Commissioners may delegate its powers under these acts to
the Airport Authority, and the Airport Authority shall have concurrent rights
with Avery County to control, regulate, and provide for the development of
aviation in Avery County.
Sec. 10. The Airport Authority may contract with and accept grants
from the Federal Aviation Administration, the State of North Carolina, or
any of the agencies or representatives of either of said governmental bodies
relating to the purchase of land and air easements and to the grading,
constructing, equipping, improving, maintaining, or operating of an airport
or its facilities or both.
Sec. 11. The Airport Authority may employ any agents, engineers,
attorneys, and other persons whose services may be deemed by the Airport
Authority to be necessary and useful in carrying out the provisions of
Sections 1 through 10 of this act.
Sec. 12. The Avery County Board of Commissioners may appropriate
funds derived from any source other than ad valorem taxes to carry out the
provisions of this act in any proportion or upon any basis as may be
determined by the Avery County Board of Commissioners.
Sec. 13. The Airport Authority may expend the funds that are
appropriated by the County for joint airport purposes and may pledge the
credit of the Airport Authority to the extent of the appropriated funds.
Sec. 14. The Airport Authority shall elect from among its members a
chair, a secretary, and a treasurer at its initial meeting and then annually
thereafter. A majority of the Airport Authority shall control its decisions.
Each member of the Airport Authority, including the chair, shall have one
vote. The Airport Authority shall meet at the places and times designated by
the chair.
Sec. 15. The powers granted to the Airport Authority shall not be
effective until the members of the Airport Authority have been appointed by
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Session Laws - 1993 CHAPTER 746
nontax monies, and which may be necessary for the construction, operation,
and maintenance of any airport located in the County.
Sec. 6. Any lands acquired, owned, controlled, or occupied by the
Airport Authority shall be, and are declared to be acquired, owned,
controlled, and occupied for a public purpose.
Sec. 7. Private property needed by the Airport Authority for any
airport, landing field, or as facilities of an airport or landing field may be
acquired by gift or devise, or may be acquired by private purchase or by the
exercise of eminent domain pursuant to Chapter 40A of the General Statutes.
Sec. 8. The Airport Authority shall make an annual report to the
Avery County Board of Commissioners setting forth in detail the operations
and transactions conducted by it pursuant to this act. The Airport Authority
shall not have the power to pledge the credit of Avery County, or any
subdivision thereof, or to impose any obligation on Avery County, or any of
its subdivisions, except when that power is expressly granted by statute.
Sec. 9. Subject to the limitations as set out in this act, all rights and
powers given and granted to counties or municipalities by general law,
which may now be in effect or enacted in the future relating to the
development, regulation, and control of municipal airports, and the
regulation of aircraft, are vested in the Airport Authority. The Avery
County Board of Commissioners may delegate its powers under these acts to
the Airport Authority, and the Airport Authority shall have concurrent rights
with Avery County to control, regulate, and provide for the development of
aviation in Avery County.
Sec. 10. The Airport Authority may contract with and accept grants
from the Federal Aviation Administration, the State of North Carolina, or
any of the agencies or representatives of either of said governmental bodies
relating to the purchase of land and air easements and to the grading,
constructing, equipping, improving, maintaining, or operating of an airport
or its facilities or both.
Sec. 11. The Airport Authority may employ any agents, engineers,
attorneys, and other persons whose services may be deemed by the Airport
Authority to be necessary and useful in carrying out the provisions of
Sections 1 through 10 of this act.
Sec. 12. The Avery County Board of Commissioners may appropriate
funds derived from any source other than ad valorem taxes to carry out the
provisions of this act in any proportion or upon any basis as may be
determined by the Avery County Board of Commissioners.
Sec. 13. The Airport Authority may expend the funds that are
appropriated by the County for joint airport purposes and may pledge the
credit of the Airport Authority to the extent of the appropriated funds.
Sec. 14. The Airport Authority shall elect from among its members a
chair, a secretary, and a treasurer at its initial meeting and then annually
thereafter. A majority of the Airport Authority shall control its decisions.
Each member of the Airport Authority, including the chair, shall have one
vote. The Airport Authority shall meet at the places and times designated by
the chair.
Sec. 15. The powers granted to the Airport Authority shall not be
effective until the members of the Airport Authority have been appointed by
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